Inexorable Irina-Camelia Begu clobbers Kenin in the 2nd round collide vs Pegula in the next round at the Credit One Charleston Open – CHARLESTON RESULTS

CREDIT ONE CHARLESTON OPEN - CHARLESTON DRAW AND RESULTS. Begu vanquishes Kenin to compete against Jessica Pegula in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Sofia Kenin

Irina-Camelia Begu exterminates Sofia Kenin 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Charleston on Wednesday after playing a tremendous match to deal with Jessica Pegula in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.

Begu
Charleston
Begu's Record

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Begu
Kenin
Irina-Camelia Begu
6-1 6-4
1h:22
Sofia Kenin
62
62
Total points
49
49
32
32
Winners
15
15
52%
52%
Ratio Winners
31%
31%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
72%
72%
1st in
58%
58%
73%
73%
1st won
52%
52%
32/44
32/44
1st won
15/29
15/29
53%
53%
2nd won
67%
67%
9/17
9/17
2nd won
14/21
14/21
-- Break Points --
3/5
3/5
Total
0/4
0/4
60%
60%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Irina-Camelia scored 62 points vs. Sofia’s 49.

Begu

Begu was effective when converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (3/5).

Kenin

On the other side, the American wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Begu and Kenin is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Jessica Pegula – stats

Begu will compete against Pegula in the 3rd round.

This will be the 4th time that Irina-Camelia Begu and Jessica Pegula fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Begu (see full H2H stats), but Pegula leads 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Pegula won 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the 4th round in Paris back in 2022.

Irina-Camelia Begu Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Begu 6-1
BeguKenin
6
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
BeguKenin
6
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
BeguKenin
5
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
BeguKenin
5
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
BeguKenin
4
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BeguKenin
3
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
BeguKenin
2
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
BeguKenin
1
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40

Begu had a strong start of this set after breaking Sofia Kenin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The Romanian managed to strengthen her lead after breaking the American in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

A defining moment of this set was when the Romanian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Irina-Camelia was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (3-0 30-40). On the other side, Kenin wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).

They played 47 points. Begu was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Kenin (27-20). The Romanian surrendered 8 points on serve (17-8). On the other side, Sofia conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).

2nd Set -
Begu 6-4
BeguKenin
6
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
BeguKenin
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
BeguKenin
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
BeguKenin
4
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
BeguKenin
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
BeguKenin
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
BeguKenin
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
BeguKenin
1
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
BeguKenin
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Romanian snatched in the 5th game (3-2) before eventually winning the set (6-4).

Irina-Camelia converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Sofia was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 64 points. Begu conquered the set after winning 6 points more than the American (35-29). Irina-Camelia conceded 12 points on serve (24-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Kenin conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).

1st
Begu
Kenin
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Begu
Kenin
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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